Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere has landed on Netflix!
Taken from Tudum by Netflix:
"British American documentarian Louis Theroux has long tackled subjects many people find uncomfortable to confront. From his early work on Michael Moore’s series to to and beyond, he’s spent time with religious extremists, neo-Nazis, and — in his most recent documentary — influencers on the fringe of the manosphere.
“The manosphere describes a group of almost exclusively male influencers who provide content about fitness, business, and self-improvement,” says the filmmaker of his subject in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere. “Many of them are relatively mainstream, but at the edge is a community of figures whose views are much more extreme, and that’s the focus of the documentary.”
Theroux interviews some of the leading social media influencers and podcasters who profit from and spread controversial ideas from the most extreme fringes of the manosphere. “Those in the manosphere embody a swaggering machismo,” says Theroux, “that is at turns misogynistic, homophobic, antisemitic, and racist… Increasingly, these aren’t figures on the margins — anyone who’s got kids, and especially boys, will know that they are making inroads into the culture. Their influence is being felt in schools, in the workplace, and all across the internet.”
Here, the BAFTA-winning presenter reflects on his experience probing into the world of the manosphere and discusses its impact on culture."